a_v_c_o_AKP (S-63-11327, 63-Apollo-130 eq)
“Retro fire into a lunar orbit.”
The caption from the black & white version of the photo:
“On arrival at the vicinity of the moon, they will use orientation controls to turn around and ignite the service module again, to hover for about 6 minutes, and slow the spacecraft enough to place it in an orbit about 100 miles above the moon’s surface.”
Amusing nomenclature…”orientation controls”. And I assume “hover” was intended to be “fire”. QC anyone?
10 Mississippi, 9 Mississippi, 8 Mississippi...
The image is oriented to not only match my previously posted black & white version of it, but also because it's sort of correct, north being to the upper left. In fact, I'm pretty sure the two prominent rayed craters to be Copernicus on the left & Tycho to the lower right.
a_v_c_o_AKP (S-63-11327, 63-Apollo-130 eq)
“Retro fire into a lunar orbit.”
The caption from the black & white version of the photo:
“On arrival at the vicinity of the moon, they will use orientation controls to turn around and ignite the service module again, to hover for about 6 minutes, and slow the spacecraft enough to place it in an orbit about 100 miles above the moon’s surface.”
Amusing nomenclature…”orientation controls”. And I assume “hover” was intended to be “fire”. QC anyone?
10 Mississippi, 9 Mississippi, 8 Mississippi...
The image is oriented to not only match my previously posted black & white version of it, but also because it's sort of correct, north being to the upper left. In fact, I'm pretty sure the two prominent rayed craters to be Copernicus on the left & Tycho to the lower right.